Donald Trump, Univision settle Miss Universe lawsuit

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Donald Trump has reached a settlement with Univision, which he sued last year for $500 million for dumping his Miss Universe pageant.

Terms of the settlement – which was filed Thursday in Manhattan federal court — weren’t disclosed.

“I have known Univision’s President and CEO Randy Falco for more than 20 years and I’m glad we are able to put these differences behind us,” Trump said in a statement.

Falco said he was “pleased to settle this matter and move forward.”

The network booted Trump’s show after he bashed Mexican immigrants as drug dealers, criminals and “rapists” in announcing his bid for presidency last summer.

“They’re sending people that have lots of problems, and they’re bringing those problems with us,” he said. “They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists. And some, I assume, are good people.”

In recent court papers, lawyers for the brash billionaire tried to argue that his offensive comments were “foreseeable” because he’s held those views for more than a decade – and that Univision shouldn’t have canceled its contract with the pageant.

Univision pushed for a judge to dismiss the suit, saying Trump was using the courts in order to “further his own campaign.”

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